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John Henrik Clarke Quotes

In a collective society, everybody’s business is everybody’s business Picture Quote #1

In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can read you can lead. When the leader gets killed while you’re reading from page 13 of your charismatic program, you can bury the man with honors, then continue the plan by reading from page 14. Let’s keep on Picture Quote #1

I don’t attend any particular church now. I don’t believe in denominations, nor do I believe in organized religion Picture Quote #1

History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be Picture Quote #1

My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our sad and warm songs together Picture Quote #1

I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories Picture Quote #1

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Africa and its people are the most written about and the least understood of all of the world’s people. This condition started in the 15th and the 16th centuries with the beginning of the slave trade system. The Europeans not only colonialized most of the world, they began to colonialize information about the world and its people Picture Quote #1

The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word ‘Africa.’ According to most records, old and new, Africans are the oldest people on the face of the earth. The people now called Africans not only influenced the Greeks and the Romans, they influenced the early world before there was a place called Europe Picture Quote #1

All the working-class people could feel a Malcolm X. They could hear Malcolm X, and two weeks later they could whisper back what he said. Verbatim. They could remember the way he put it, and he put it so well Picture Quote #1

Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this hemisphere. The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off Picture Quote #1

Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body, because the chains are on your mind Picture Quote #1

I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began Picture Quote #1

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If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials Picture Quote #1

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it Picture Quote #1

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states Picture Quote #1

Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil Picture Quote #1

I only debate my equals. All others I teach Picture Quote #1

Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact Picture Quote #1

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We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them Picture Quote #1

Europeans not only colonized most of the world, they colonized information about the world Picture Quote #1

Each generation must assume the responsibility of securing their manhood, their womanhood, the definition of their being on earth that in the final analysis is nationhood Picture Quote #1

Most human behavior is controlled by images. Image is a factor in how people look at themselves and what they use to reflect themselves. The control of images is a major factor in world power Picture Quote #1

It is not uncommon for ignorant and corrupt men to falsely charge others with doing what they imagine they themselves, in their narrow minds and experience, would have done under the circumstances Picture Quote #1

To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful Picture Quote #1

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To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you Picture Quote #1

Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth Picture Quote #1

If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny Picture Quote #1

White people think when you love yourself you hate them. No, when I love myself they become irrelevant to me Picture Quote #1

We have been educated into believing someone else’s concept of the deity, and someone else’s standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don’t apologize Picture Quote #1

In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can read you can lead. When the leader gets killed while you’re reading from page 13 of your charismatic program, you can bury the man with honors, then continue the plan by reading from page 14. Let’s keep on Picture Quote #1

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In a collective society, everybody’s business is everybody’s business (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can read you can lead. When the leader gets killed while you’re reading from page 13 of your charismatic program, you can bury the man with honors, then continue the plan by reading from page 14. Let’s keep on. (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) I don’t attend any particular church now. I don’t believe in denominations, nor do I believe in organized religion. (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be. (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our sad and warm songs together (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Africa and its people are the most written about and the least understood of all of the world’s people. This condition started in the 15th and the 16th centuries with the beginning of the slave trade system. The Europeans not only colonialized most of the world, they began to colonialize information about the world and its people (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word ‘Africa.’ According to most records, old and new, Africans are the oldest people on the face of the earth. The people now called Africans not only influenced the Greeks and the Romans, they influenced the early world before there was a place called Europe (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) All the working-class people could feel a Malcolm X. They could hear Malcolm X, and two weeks later they could whisper back what he said. Verbatim. They could remember the way he put it, and he put it so well (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this hemisphere. The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body, because the chains are on your mind (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) I only debate my equals. All others I teach (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) We will have taken one giant step forward when we face this reality: Powerful people never teach powerless people how to take their power away from them (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Europeans not only colonized most of the world, they colonized information about the world (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Each generation must assume the responsibility of securing their manhood, their womanhood, the definition of their being on earth that in the final analysis is nationhood (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Most human behavior is controlled by images. Image is a factor in how people look at themselves and what they use to reflect themselves. The control of images is a major factor in world power (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) It is not uncommon for ignorant and corrupt men to falsely charge others with doing what they imagine they themselves, in their narrow minds and experience, would have done under the circumstances (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) White people think when you love yourself you hate them. No, when I love myself they become irrelevant to me (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) We have been educated into believing someone else’s concept of the deity, and someone else’s standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don’t apologize (John Henrik Clarke Quotes) In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can read you can lead. When the leader gets killed while you’re reading from page 13 of your charismatic program, you can bury the man with honors, then continue the plan by reading from page 14. Let’s keep on (John Henrik Clarke Quotes)

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